Table 3 Measurements’ differences of the maximum dimension of IAC (MD), vertical distance (VD), and horizontal position (HP) relationship compared for right vs. left sides

A

Right (Mean ± SD)

Left (Mean ± SD)

p-value

Maximum dimension (MD)

 P1

-

-

 P2

3.24 ± 0.79

3.37 ± 0.86

^‡0.702

 M1

3.52 ± 0.86

3.52 ± 1.16

^‡0.365

 M2

3.62 ± 1.17

3.91 ± 1.06

^‡0.023**

 M3

4.29 ± 1.27

4.56 ± 1.29

^‡0.137

Vertical distance (VD)

 P1

-

-

 P2

8.58 ± 1.65

8.24 ± 1.83

^‡0.392

 M1

7.83 ± 1.95

7.54 ± 1.77

^‡0.177

 M2

7.96 ± 1.87

7.86 ± 2.03

^‡0.789

 M3

9.26 ± 2.61

9.34 ± 2.51

^‡0.476

B

Right %(count)

Left %(count)

p-value

P1

^†1.000

 M

50.0 (2)

0.0 (0)

 B

0.0 (0)

0.0 (0)

 L

50.0 (2)

100.0 (1)

P2

^§0.790

 M

71.1 (27)

68.3 (28)

 B

0.0 (0)

0.0 (0)

 L

28.9 (11)

31.7 (13)

M1

^†0.730

 M

40.2 (37)

33.7 (31)

 B

1.1 (1)

1.1 (1)

 L

58.7 (54)

65.2 (60)

M2

^†1.000

 M

16.0 (15)

15.8 (15)

 B

0.0 (0)

1.1 (1)

 L

84.0 (79)

83.1 (79)

M3

^†0.045^**

 M

21.7 (21)

36.1 (35)

 B

1.0 (1)

1.0 (1)

 L

77.3 (75)

62.9 (61)